Hepatic dual-contrast CT imaging: slow triple kVp switching CT with CNN-based sinogram completion and material decomposition

W Cao, N Shapira, A Maidment… - Journal of Medical …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Purpose: Dual-contrast protocols are a promising clinical multienergy computed tomography
(CT) application for focal liver lesion detection and characterization. One avenue to enable …

Evaluation of non-linear blending in dual-energy computed tomography

DR Holmes III, JG Fletcher, A Apel, JE Huprich… - European journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Dual-energy CT scanning has significant potential for disease identification and
classification. However, it dramatically increases the amount of data collected and therefore …

Quantitative accuracy and dose efficiency of dual‐contrast imaging using dual‐energy CT: a phantom study

L Ren, K Rajendran, CH McCollough, L Yu - Medical physics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To evaluate the quantitative accuracy and dose efficiency of simultaneous imaging
of two contrast agents using dual‐energy computed tomography (DECT), two imaging tasks …

Dual-energy CT applications on liver imaging: what radiologists and radiographers should know? A systematic review

L Asmundo, F Rizzetto, S Srinivas Rao, C Sgrazzutti… - Abdominal …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose This review aims to provide a comprehensive summary of DECT techniques,
acquisition workflows, and post-processing methods. By doing so, we aim to elucidate the …

Dual-source multienergy CT with triple or quadruple x-ray beams

L Yu, L Ren, Z Li, S Leng… - Journal of Medical …, 2018 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Energy-resolved photon-counting-detector CT (PCD-CT) is promising for material
decomposition with multiple contrast agents using two or more energy bins. However …

Clinical Applications of Dual-Energy Computed Tomography in the Liver

S Kim, WP Shuman - Seminars in Roentgenology, 2016 - Elsevier
In this article, we briefly reviewed technical aspect of DECT focused on types of images
generated, and also reviewed several potential clinical applications in liver imaging. The …

Multi-energy CT with triple x-ray beams and photon-counting-detector CT for simultaneous imaging of two contrast agents: an experimental comparison

L Ren, CH McCollough, L Yu - Medical Imaging 2019: Physics …, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Multi-energy CT (MECT) enabled by energy-resolved photon-counting-detector CT (PCD-
CT) is promising for materialspecific imaging with multiple contrast agents. However, non …

Dual-Source Contrast-Enhanced Multiphasic CT of the Liver Using Low Voltage (70 kVp): Feasibility of a Reduced Radiation Dose and a 50% of Contrast Dose

K Miyoshi, M Tanabe, K Ihara, M Tanabe, M Higashi… - Tomography, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study investigated the feasibility of both a reduced radiation dose and a 50% of contrast
dose in multiphasic CT of the liver with a 70 kVp protocol compared with a standard-tube …

Dual-energy computed tomography of the liver: uses in clinical practices and applications

M Tsurusaki, K Sofue, M Hori, K Sasaki, K Ishii… - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) is an imaging technique based on data
acquisition at two different energy settings. Recent advances in CT have allowed data …

Dual-energy (spectral) CT: applications in abdominal imaging

AC Silva, BG Morse, AK Hara, RG Paden, N Hongo… - Radiographics, 2011 - pubs.rsna.org
Dual-energy imaging is a promising new development in computed tomography (CT) that
has the potential to improve lesion detection and characterization beyond levels currently …